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Killer Instinct
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Length
12 hrs and 21 mins
Audible Release Date
05-10-06
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Customer Rating

3.88 based on 369 ratings
 

Publisher's Summary

Jason Steadman is a 30-year-old sales executive living in Boston and working for an electronics giant, a competitor to Sony and Panasonic. He's a witty, charismatic guy who's well liked at the office, but he lacks the "killer instinct" necessary to move up the corporate ladder. To the chagrin of his ambitious wife, it looks as if his career has hit a ceiling. Jason's been sidelined.

But all that will change one evening when Jason meets Kurt Semko, a former Special Forces officer just back from Iraq. Looking for a decent pitcher for the company softball team, Jason gets Kurt, who was once drafted by the majors, a job in Corporate Security. Soon, good things start to happen for Jason, and bad things start to happen to Jason's rivals. His career suddenly takes off. He's an overnight success. Only too late does Jason discover that his friend Kurt has been secretly paving his path to the top by the most "efficient", and ruthless, means available. After all, as Kurt says, "Business is war, right?"

But when Jason tries to put a stop to it, he finds that his new best friend has become the most dangerous enemy imaginable. And now it's far more than just his career that lies in the balance. A riveting tale of ambition, intrigue, and the price of success, Killer Instinct is Joseph Finder at his best.

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©2006 Joseph Finder; (P)2006 Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC.

What the Critics Say

"[A] masterful business thriller....Readers who enjoy movies where you have to fight the urge to shout 'Stop! Don't open that door!' will love this one." (Publishers Weekly)
"Steadman's 10-month ride from complacency to terror is filled with...thrills and chills." (Booklist)

Customer Reviews

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Rating 1.0Rating 1.0Rating 1.0Rating 1.0Rating 1.0 "No free lunch"
By: Rebecka (Dallesport, WA, USA)
November 04, 2009
After 13 years in the corporate world, I recognize the sales guys in this novel. Unfortunately. If I have to listen to how AWESOME a sales executive's latest Powerpoint presentation is, I would at least insist that he pay for lunch. I found the main character to be shallow and none too bright, and the characterization of special forces as darkly omnipotent criminals to be offensive. The story is completely tedious for the first several hours. The dialogue is clunky and odd--my boss has never shouted, "What goes on here?" instead of "What's going on here?" This book is the first time I have ever needed Fast playback on my iPod, and I'm only still listening because I started it with my husband, and don't want to blink first. Use your credits elsewhere.
Rating 5.0Rating 5.0Rating 5.0Rating 5.0Rating 5.0 "Excellent listen"
By: Leslie (Port Charlotte, FL, USA)
October 03, 2009
I sat in a parking lot many times while listening to this book. You may think you know what's going to happen next. Very well done.
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Rating 2.0Rating 2.0Rating 2.0Rating 2.0Rating 2.0 "Preposterous storyline"
By: Edward (St. Augustine, FL, USA)
July 24, 2009
The only thing that prevented this book from being a total waste of time was Scott Brick's excellent narration. Reading this book would have been painful. Very little in this book made sense. A security expert with almost superhuman abilities begins the story as a tow-truck driver. Our protagonist, aware of the villain's covert abilities, is, for a time, oblivious to the vulnerability of his own communications. It's difficult to provide examples of all that is incongruent about this story without creating spoilers. You can pretty much figure out where the story is going even without the spoilers. Also, this was another one of those books where it was hard to find a likable character. And when the book mercifully concluded we are immediately presented with a conversation/interview between the author and someone else whom I was never able to identify. These listens make me appreciate the good ones.
Rating 4.0Rating 4.0Rating 4.0Rating 4.0Rating 4.0 "Dilbert-Like"
By: Paula (Chester, MA, USA)
July 31, 2008
I really enjoyed this. Joseph Finder does his homework, and sometimes you get the eerie feeling that he's been in your workplace, similar to the feeling you get reading a Dilbert comic!

Look forward to many more of Finder's works.
Rating 3.0Rating 3.0Rating 3.0Rating 3.0Rating 3.0 "Great Finder story!"
By: Alex (Laguna Beach, CA, USA)
May 29, 2008
Typical Finder corporate intrigue plot, except that this time I liked the protagonist. A bit predictable, but still enjoyable. Scott Brick makes his books a good listen.
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